Wrapper-pasting device.



No. 785,701. PATENTED MAR. 28, 1905.

J.G.ANDREU., WRAPPER PASTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION IILED JAN. 30, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented March 28, 1905.

PATENT OEEIcE.

WRAPPER-PASTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,701, dated March28,'1905.

Application filed January 30, 1904. Serial No. 191,390.

To (ti/l 1071/0/11 it 71mg concern:

Be it known that I. JosEPH GALIBRY AN- DREU, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Duval and State ofFlorida, have invented a new and useful IVrapper-PastingDevice, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for applying paste to the edges ofwrappers; and ithas for its object to provide a device of this classwhich shall be simple in construction and efficient in operation and bymeans of which paste may be applied to the edges of wrappers in a simpleand economical manner.

The invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompany drawings have been shown simple and preferred forms ofembodiment of my invention, it being understood, however, that I do notlimit myself to the structural details therein exhibited, but reservethe right to such changes and modifications as may fairly come withinthe scope of my invention and which may be resorted to without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing the utility of the same.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my invention inoperative position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is asectional detail view illustrating a modification. 4

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated by similarnumerals of reference.

In carrying out my invention 1 provide a paste-receptacle l, which ispreferably of oblong shape with pointed ends, as 2 2, said receptaclebeing provided at the ends thereof with vertical flanges 3 3. g

I 4 are a pair of vertically-slotted uprights provided at their loweredges with flanges 5, perforated for the reception of screws 6 orsimilar fastening means, whereby they may be mounted in operativeposition upon a table or bench 7. IV hen said uprights are thus mounted,the ends 2 of the paste-receptacle are fitted to slide in the slots 8 ofthe uprights l, the flanges 3 3 upon the ends of said paste-receptacleabutting upon the outer sides of the uprights, with which thepaste-receptacle is thus connected to slide vertically. The slots 8 areopen at their outer ends to admit of the paste-receptacle being detachedfrom the uprights when desired.

The paste-receptacle is provided in the bottom thereof with apluralityof short tubes 9, placed closely together and extending through thebottom of the receptacle for the escapeof the liquid contents of thelatter. Upon the front side of the receptacle is secured a spreader 10,which may be of metal or other suitable material and the lower portionof which is bent upon itself, as shown at 11, the under side of theportion thus bent being disposed on a level with the lower ends of thetubes 9, the length of which latter need not exceed one-sixteenth of aninch.

In operation the paste-containing vessel is raised between the uprightsor guides, and a stack of wrappers, as shown at 12, is placed under thesame, the edges of the wrappers being sufliciently projected in rear ofthe escape-tubes 9, which latter when the pastereceptacle is loweredwill rest upon the uppermost wrapper. .Liquid paste contained in thereceptacle will thus be permitted to escape through the tubes 9 insuflicient quantity, the flow being stopped by contact with theuppermost wrapper. I hen the latter is withdrawn, the paste depositedthereon will be properly diffused by the spreader 10, and anysurpluspaste will also be removed by the action of the latter anddeposited upon the subjacent wrapper. Each wrapper will thus whenremoved from the stack be properly pasted to enable its edge to besecured in the usual and well-known manner.

In the modified form of my invention illustrated in Fig. 3 thepaste-receptacle is provided with a wider bottom than inthe formillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and is provided with two rows of tubes 9and 9". A spreader 10, having a bent lower edge 11, is also secured toeach side of the paste-receptacle. By this construction two stacks ofwrappers may be placed under a single paste-recepta' cle, both stacksbeing supplied with paste from the single receptacle.

This form enables two operators to work simultaneously, one beingstationed at either side of the device, which in this instance will bemounted centrally upon a suitable table or bench.

From the foregoing description the operation of my invention will bereadily understood. The device is simple in construction and isautomatic in its operation to the extent that it is lowered by gravityas fast as Wrappers are removed from the stack, thus maintaining italways in operative position. The spreaders in addition to serving assuch also serve to assist in maintaining the stack of wrappers in thedesired position without liability of being accidentally displaced. Byusing the escape-tubes as herein described the liquid paste or adhesivewill be distributed and there will be little liability of waste or ofoverflow.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a device of the classdescribed, a pair of slotted uprights, and a paste-receptacle havingends extended into the slots in said uprights and flanges abutting uponthe outer sides of the latter.

2. In a device of the class described, a vertically-movablepaste-receptacle having a plurality of escape-tubes extending throughthe bottom thereof, and a spreader attached to the receptacle in frontof said tubes, the lower edge of said spreader being level with thelower edges of said tubes.

3. In a device of the class described, a vertically-movablepaste-receptacle having escape-openings in the bottom thereof, and aspreader attached to said receptacle and having a forwardly-bent lowerend, the under side of the bent portion of said spreader being levelwith the lower edges of the escapeopenings.

4. In a device of the class described, a pair of uprights havingvertical slots open at their upper ends, a paste-receptacle havingtapering ends extended into said slots and flanges abutting exteriorlyupon said uprights, escape-tubes in the bottom of said receptacle, andspreading means attached to the latter, the lower edges of saidspreading means being level with the lower ends of the tubes.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto ailixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH GALIBRY ANDREU.

Witnesses:

W. H. AVERY, A. B. GAMrHYoHN.

